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Laura Wells, California Green for Governor, Appears in Court on Election Day on “Trespassing” Charge from Debate

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Ballot Access News:

Laura Wells, Green Party gubernatorial nominee, will appear in court in San Rafael, California, on election day. She was arrested for trespassing last month when she tried to sit in the audience for one of the Jerry Brown-Meg Whitman major party gubernatorial debates. She and her attorney, Matt Gonzalez, are holding a press conference on the county courthouse steps at 12:30 p.m.… Read more ...

Whitney to hold press conference protesting Ill. gov. debate exclusion, and participate in parade

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Two upcoming events from the Whitney campaign (sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com):

Carbondale, IL— Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney will hold a press conference Monday in Chicago. Whitney will address his exclusion from some of the major gubernatorial debates. In 2006, Whitney garnered over ten percent of the vote to help the Illinois Green Party become one of the three legally established parties in the state.… Read more ...

Ill. Green gov. candidate to raise awareness of corporate personhood at two events in Springfield on Aug. 23

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Sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com:

Carbondale, IL—Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney will hold two events this Monday, August 23rd, with representatives from the organization Move to Amend in Springfield. Move to Amend is a consortium of over fifty organizations that are rallying against the creation of the classification of corporate personhood.… Read more ...

Independent Pennsylvanians invites activists to attend press conference

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Earlier today, the group Independent Pennsylvanians alerted its supporters to a press conference it will be holding in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s capital, next Wednesday. The press conference is in support of a bill that would introduce open primaries to Pennsylvania. They are urging everyone who is available to come.

A press release was also sent out:

On Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 10:00 am in the East Wing Rotunda of the capital building in Harrisburg, Independent Pennsylvanians will hold a press conference to highlight the importance of passing HB2462.

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McKinney press conference

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Posted by Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch. Gregg has given me permission to repost his articles here since he is too busy to cross post at the moment.

While she was in New York City recently, Cynthia McKinney held a press conference. In a comment here, Sherman Young suggested putting the video here, and that’s a wonderful idea.

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